Creating Tables in a Steam Guide

[Lenny]

I'm trying to create a Steam Guide and require a table. I can figure out how to make the table but I'm looking for more information on stuff such as text colour, column width and merging cells. I really don't know much about coding or programming languages but would there be a specific language that the table is in? I've tried BBCode and HTML (replacing "< >" with "[ ]") but neither have had solutions that have worked. Are there any guides out there that people know of that can help me out?

Thanks for the help

[Kilroy]

Was hoping to do the same thing, the best I've come up with so far is using empty cells for information that is blank. I'm going a time chart where the time and location don't change, but there are a number of options I want it clear that the time and location are the same, but there are multiple options at that time and location.

Time	Location	Options
10:00	Kitchen	Turn on stove
		Open refrigerator
		Get a pan

[zaphodikus]

basically it's hard, very. but if you even say bbcode is ugly to work with the entire world calls you a grasser and pours their undying love on an ancient markdown language full of bugs. The only trick I found is to format the rows and columns neatly to make mistakes less likely. and, to expect to encounter markdown bugs.